SSMF Opens 57th Season

The 57th season of the Sewanee Summer Music Festival (SSMF) begins at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, June 22, in Guerry Auditorium with an orchestra concert performed by the Festival Orchestra. The orchestra includes SSMF faculty artists, guest artists and students all under the baton of the SSMF Conductor-in-Residence Octavio Más-Arocas.
The repertoire includes Bates’ “Mothership,” Beethoven’s Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 “The Emperor” (guest pianist: Michael Mizrahi, assistant professor of music, Lawrence University), Ravel’s “Ma mere l’oye” and finally Ravel’s “Bolero.”
The SSMF welcomes 200 students from all across the world, including 32 states, five international countries and 131 different institutions. More than 30 concerts will be performed during the summer music festival, including faculty chamber concerts, student chamber concerts, the “Hike to a Concert” performed on The Course at Sewanee, student recitals and the Symphony Sunday events featuring full student orchestras and renowned guest conductors.
Tickets are for sale on the SSMF website and at the door prior to each performance. Ticket prices are $12 online and $15 at the door. Some events are free and open to the public.
For more information or to purchase tickets, go to <http://ssmf.inticketing.com>.
The first week’s concert list is on page 10.